Laika

The sample size is so small that you'd have to just regress his platoon split like 95% to the mean at this point anyway.

Of course I am. I'm just also trying to be a populist and usurp power, which seems to be in style.

Nobody would claim that identity groups are meritocratic. You can't ban all of us...

I will concede this

Excuse me but I still have a mathematical chance

That's it. The DDL playoffs are cancelled. Lockout.

For years, popular elitist posters like Boxcar, NJH, BTS, Dr_Dinger, z3r0s, thehurl, KingKat, King, P2F, jays4life, pendleton, orgfiller, and so forth have run this message board. They can say and post whatever they want with impunity and immunity. They are appointed mods. Their arbitrary and subjective definitions of disruptive posting are what determines who gets banned. And since inception, hard-working, blue-collar posters like connorp, olerud, baseballls, bigbouncyblueballs, spanky99, silvergun, o2cui2i, gruber, grant77, jimcanuk, key22, kirksaw (RIP), tercet, adamgreenwood, maahfaace, etc. have been given the s*** end of the message board stick. They've been berated, insulted, and banned. Their presence on the board has been frowned upon. Many middle-class like the above names posters have decided to take their posting elsewhere or spend more time with their families as a result of the deep and systemic BJMB Identity Politics that divides us and creates a class system. I think it's time for a revolution, folks. Who will step up to be the voice of the average poster? I think the majority of us are sick of the elitist snobs.

Uh no. I just can’t seem to give even half of a s*** about what happened, so I’ll suck whatever I like, thanks. P.S. total little bitch post right here

I messaged him too. He has thankfully committed to piloting through the playoffs and then re-evaluating

It's absolutely possible... maybe even likely. He has double plus power and he can run and throw. Imagine if prime Jason Heyward had 70 power. That's a monster.

It's because he's a soy boy

Assuming I miss the playoffs this week, I'd probably opt in because all my players are useless anyway.

I guess it depends heavily on how many of the bottom tier teams do it. It’s inevitable that a couple will, but then the dispersal becomes much less attractive to anybody else who might want in.

Straw poll - who would opt into a dispersal draft? The teams would be Silvergun's roster + every other team opting in.

I feel like that's a good idea. I would imagine that a lot of owners would choose to participate though just to shake things up, even if it won't obviously improve their roster. So it might be too big. I was however thinking about how to dilute his roster in a fair way. Maybe some type of protection - dispersal draft system with the bottom teams (much smaller than your idea though).

lol good teams have good players on the bench or in platoon roles, and useful players in AAA

Why would silvergun get banned? What the f*** is wrong with everyone

I can't really bring myself to give a s*** about whether or not Vlad plays 3B. He's likely going to have fall-down range and very negative defensive/positional value no matter where he is. I'm not sure the Donaldson decisions are really that contingent on Vladdy.

Baltimore REALLY is not the model. The Jays are in a vastly better rebuild position right now than Baltimore is. It's not even close. The Orioles are making international investments for the first time ever right now. They are like a decade away from maybe being decent.

Wander Franco’s hands are INSANELY fast

He doesn't need to go until someone pushes him out.

And no dingers! Maybe he just goes up there and bunts every time.

I guess these are two different questions. Very similar but different. 1) Does lineup protection exist in theory and affect players/managers in certain instances? Sure. 2) Is lineup protection something that management/GMs should ever worry about at all when a) building a roster or considering player development? No.

A few things come to mind. 1) When there is a "great hitter" the guy behind him is almost always going to be significantly worse, even if the guy behind him is himself a decent hitter. 2) If you as the team have the luxury of stacking great hitters together, who really gives a f*** about something like lineup protection at that point anyway? The concept, if it exists, would be of such marginal importance. 3) "Pitching around" someone is often stupid from a defensive perspective. Letting people walk to first with little effort is not a viable long-term strategy to avoid getting scored on. It really is only advisable in very specific scenarios.

As usual, Olerud cuts through the ********. If a hitter is so bad that they can't help but chase s*** pitches then eventually they'll just get nothing but s*** pitches regardless of who is hitting around them. The theory of lineup production is just a vestigial aspect of an era when people cared about RBI.